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WILLIAM REYNOLDS, 0F PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOIR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO ADDRESSOGBAPH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PRINTING-MACHINE.

Patented trail. as, ieie,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, WILLIAM REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved PrintingMachine, of which the following is a specification.

In producing printing in imitation of type written letters, it is necessary to employ the essential instrumentalities by which the actual type-writing is done, and these comprise a cylindrical platen, an inking ribbon, and type-surfaced printing forms, and an object of my invention is to embody these essential instrumentalities in a machine having provision for reciprocating the printing forms relatively to the cylindrical. roll, and having improved means for automatically changing the address forms for successive letters. Further objects of my invention are to make provision for supporting the inkingribbon transversely of the carriage on which the printin forms are carried, as well as provision or lifting the inking ribbon for the ready entrance and ejectment of the successive address forms.

Other main objects of my invention are to provide improved means for automatically changing the salutation-printing device to accord with the address on a particular address form, to provide improved reversing devices for the carriage; and to otherwise improve the machine in various specific features to effect perfection of adjustment and precision in the operation and control of the various features.

The distinctive features of the invention will appear from the specific description hereafter to be given, and from the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1, is a side elevation of a machine constituting one embodimentof my invention, with the carriage in the forward position after completing the outward travel or printing stroke.

Fig. 2, is a planview of said machine, with the carriage in the position shown in Fig. I.

Fig. 3, represents the machine in sectional side elevation, in which figure the carriage is shown in longitudinal section, (approximately on line to, u Fig. 2) the same position as in Figs. 1, and 2, but the mobile elements however, that are provided on the machine frame at the rear end of the machine for effecting the insertion of an address form, and for governing the dis charged address form, are shown in the positions said mobile elements assume when the carriage has reached the end of the return stroke; the said figure including, also, a detailed fragmentary side view, in full lines, of the rear end of the carriage when in the rearmost position, upon the completion of its return stroke, the said fragmentary view being included to illustrate the position of the locking means for the address form, and

the controlling devices for said means, as well as the means for shifting the salutation printing device when the style of the salutation is to be changed.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of the trip bracket on the carriage, and a lever for controlling a means provided for placing the successively discharged address forms in thetray that. is arranged to receive said forms.

Fig. 4, is an enlarged fragmentary side view partly in'section of the rear end of the carriage, showing the clamping means for the address holder when in the carriage, the controlling devices therefor including the rail cams that are located on the carriage for tripping said controlling devices, the figure furthermore showing the salutation printing .device, and the shifting and controlling devices therefor.

Fig. 5, is a fragmentary end View of the parts illustrated in Fig. 4.

Fig. 6, is a plan View of the parts illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, with somewhat more of the carriage.

Fig. 7 is a rear end view of the machine on an enlarged scale, the upper part of the holder for the stacked address forms being broken away.

Fig. 8, is a sectional end View looking from the front, the section being taken approximately in the line as, w, of Fig. 3, certain parts in front of the platen roll being omitted in the interest of clearness. Fig. 9 is an enlarged partial plan view of the machine, parts being broken .away, and

the paper feeding and printing devices being omitted. 4 Y

' ing broken out and other Fig. 10, is a sectional side view, the section being approximately on line y, y, Fig. 9, and parts being broken away.

Fig. 11, is a detailed side view of the transmission gear, for. giving the forward and return traverse movement to the carriage, part of the gear case or housing beparts being shown in section.

Fig. 12, is a central transverse vertical section of the said transmission gear;

Fig 13, is a detached broken plan view showing the reversingdevices for the transmission gear;

Fig. 14, is a detached broken end elevation showing parts of the transmission gear, and the reversing devices;

Fig. '15, is a section on line 2, z, Fig. 11;

Fig. 16, is a side view of the holder for the stackedaddress forms, in the normal vertical position.

Fig. 17, is a similar view of the holder shown in Fig. 16, but representing saidholder tilted back, as when being manipulated for the reception of a supply of address forms.

Fig. 18, is a plan view of the said address form holder and appurtenances showing the means for ejecting an address form, from the bottom of the holder;

Fig. 19, is a detail plan view of the address form holder, showing the hinged front portions thereof opened for the entrance of a supply of forms Fig. 20, is a transverse section on line 10, 10, Fig. 18; a r

Fig. 21, is a detail side elevation showing certain of the parts that serve to de osit and adjust the successively discharge address forms in the receivingtray Fig 22 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the means for dislodging an address form from the carriage after printing, and for delivering the dislodged address form to a position where it is under control of the devices illustrated in Fig. 21, whereby to deposit the form in the receiving tray;

.Fig. 23, is a perspective view of one example of an address form that may be employed with my machine;

Fig. 24, is a plan view of said form showing infull lines, and in dotted lines, the respective positions of the trip lugs that serve to automatically actuate the shifting means for the salutation printing device;

Fig. 25, is an end view of said address form; i

Fig. 26, is a sideview of the paper feeding devices detached, the box or support for a stack of letter sheets being shown in 1ongitudinal section;

Fig. 27, is a fragmentary front view of said paper feeding devices;

Fig. 28, is a side view of certain elements of the paper feeding devices, said elements being in positions different from those they are shown as occupying in Fig. 26;

F ig.'29, is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the action of the main feed roller on the successive letter sheets in feeding;

Fig. 30, is a plan view of the carriage, detaclied, the inking ribbon being partly broken away;

Fig. 31, is a side view of said carriage; and

Fig. 32, is a sectional end elevation of said carriage.

In constructing a. printing machine embodying the particular mechanism illustrated as one means for carrying out my invention, a suitable frame A is provided which mounts the various operative features. A prime mover, as a shaft B, is mounted in suitable. bearings in the frame A and may be actuated by a crank handle C, for instance or from a suitable power, through pulley C and said drive shaft B, through an improved reversing and transmission gear D, actuates the novel carriage E, with a traverse movement alternately in opposite directions, to effect the printing and return, the reversing of the transmission gear being controlled by the movements of the carriage, as hereinafter particularly explained The carnage E, carries the chase F, (Fig. 30) in which the form for printing the body of the letter is locked, and also carries an address form G, (Figs. 23 to 25) which is securely held adjacent to the chase, and the salutation forms H, as well as an inkihg'ribbon I, which is disposed over the several mentioned forms for the letter, the address and the Salutation. The inking ribbon, it will be observed, ranges transversely to the direction of travel of, the carriage, whereby the winding rollers therefor, h'ereinafter described, will be disposed longitudinally of the carriage, at the sides, thereby leaving the printing forms unobstructed, and leaving free space for the operations of changing the printing forms, as hereinafter explained. Means are provided for advanc ing the ribbon for progressively presenting a difierent portion of the ribbon to the forms; means also are provided for positioning different address forms in succes-l sion, and means for changing the form of Salutation to accord with the address of a particular address form. The movements of the carriage serve to deliver to the carriage and discharge therefrom, a different address form G, for each letter. Said address forms are, in the example shown, stacked in a holder J mounted on frame A and in the operation of the machine, the address forms are automatically taken from the bottom of the stack in holder J, transferred to the carriage E, in proper position relatively to the letter form in chase F, and then, after rinting, the address form is discharged mto a naaarsi giving motion to the carriage and automatically reversing, to lmpart to the carriage the printing and return strokes, is illustrated in detail in Figs. 11 to 15.

On theihdve shaft B, is keyed the barrel.

gear or broad spur gear 10, with which meshes a spur gear 11, mounted loosely on a shaft 12, that has at times a planetary movement; and meshing also with the gear 10, is a second spur gear 13, that is mounted loosely on a shaft 14, and in turn meshes with a third spur gear 15, on the same shaft 12, as the spur gear 11; the arrangement being such that the two gears 11 and 15, notate continuously but in opposite directions in response to a turning movement of the main drive shaft B, the one gear 11 being driven by direct engagement with the gear 10, and the other gear 15 being driven indirectly from gear 10 through the intermediate gear 13. The gears 1.1, 15, mesh respectively with the internal teeth 16 and 17 of loose rings 16, 17, which surround all the mentioned gears and are held in close relation to each other between the side plates or disks 18, 19, that are mounted loosely on drive shaft B within the housing or gear case 20, said plates 18, 19 being held in fixed relation to each other by the shaft 12, and by a bolt 19 (Fig. 12) both the shaft 12 and bolt 19' being shouldered as shown so that the nuts 12 and 19 tightly hold the side plates 18 and 19 in place for joint movement on shaft B. The mentioned rings are desirably rabbeted as at 21 and the disks 18 and 19 are correspondingly formed to hold said rings against any play or movement other than rotary. With the described arrangement. the drive shaft .13, is to be given a movement in one direction for both the return and printing .17, are not arrested or put under restraint, the

pinions 11, 15 will simply rotate on their own axes on their common shaft 12, and in doing so will idly turn the loose rings 16, 17

relatively to the lates 18, 19, and in opposite directions, ere 1 would explain that at the right in Fig. 11, I have omitted the teeth 16*, from the ring 16, to more clearly show the teeth 17 on the ring 17, and for a similarreason, 1 have omitted the teeth 17 from the said figure at the left. I provide meansfor reversing the transmission gear by alternately restraining the rings 16 and 17, at the end of each forward and return stroke of the carriage E, through means controlled by the movement of said carriage, and by arresting the movement of said rings, a planetary movement is given to pinions 11 and 15, alternately and in opposite directions as presently explained, the effect of which will be to cause the united side plates or driving disks 18, 19, to rotate in a given direction according to which toothed ring 16 or 17 is arrested and held under restraint. The one disk 19 has suitable driving connections with carriage E, as for instance, by being made integral with or otherwise in fixed relation to a. sleeve 22, on a short shaft 13 co-axial with drive shaft B, which sleeve carries a spur gear 23, that meshes with a spur gear 21, on a stud shaft 24:, on the gear casing, said gear 24 in turn engaging the rack 25 fixed on the underside of carriage E.

There are illustrated in the drawings, devices constituting one example of means for reversing the transmission gear and thus giving the alternative back and forth movements to the carriage. Thus, on rock shafts 26, 27, which conveniently may have bearings on lugs 28 of the gear case 20, are secured theoppositely disposed pawls 29, 30, adapted to engage respectively with external oppositely disposed ratchet teeth 16", 17?, on the described loose rings 16, 17. The rock shafts 26,27, that carry the pawls 29, 30, have, respectively, arms 31, 32, which are linked together by a connecting rod 33, so that the shifting of the said connecting rod by the movement of the carriage, will rock the shafts 26, 27 through the arms 31, 32, and throw one of the pawls 29, 30 into engagement with its ring 16 or 17, and throw the other pawl 29 or 30 out of engagement with its ring 16 or 17. The connecting rod 33 is formed with a lug 34 on its upper side, and said lug is struck, at each forward and return stroke of the carriage E, by trip stops on said carriage, preferably in the form of screws 35, which afiord a' means of adjust ment for timing with-precision the reversing of the transmission-gear to accord with the operation of printing,'.paper feeding, and the changing of the address forms, etc.

The several gears 10, 11, 13, 15 and the internally toothed rings 16, 17 may be so proportioned as to give the carriage the same speed on both the forward and return stroke, or any desired disparity, but I prefer to so proportion, the gears and rings to give a quick return movement. In the example shown, the proportions are such as to gave times as fast as the forward stroke.

I ary movement toward the left around shaft B, and ring 16 will have'an idle. turning movement backward or toward the left, due to the gears 10, 11; thus the members 18, 19

turn to the left with shaft 12 and with them v the spur gear 23 willturn to the left, which will turn spur gear 24 to the right and give a rearward movement or return stroke to .the carriage. When pawl 29 is'thrown out, and pawl 30 thrown in, the shaft 12 and the gears 11, 15 thereon will have a planetary movement to the right (the ring 17 turning then idly to the right), and the members 18, 19, will be turned to theright with shaft 12 and thus through gears 23, 24, and rack 25 will move the carriage outward to give the printing stroke.

l The carriage wheels 37 ,travel on tracks 38.-

The detail construction of impression roll L, the signature printing roller 40, and the inking roller 41 for the signature roll, as well as the adjusting devices for the impression roll, and themeans for varying the pressure thereof, do not form part of the present invention, but may be of any approved form; these features as shown form part of the subject matter of an application for patent filed by Walter Wright, Oct. 27th, 1910, Serial No. 589,405. It will be sufficient tostate here, that the impression roll L,

' has rolling contact with side rails 41", of carscrew 44 (Figs. 1" and 2) are included in said riage E, to cause rotation of the impression roll by the traverse of the carriage in the printing movement; that the said impression roll is mounted on an eccentric shaft having a finger 42, that bears on track 43 on the carriage'in such manner that proper pressure is exerted by the impression roll during the printing stroke of the carriage, while upon the return stroke of the carriage the finger 42 is so moved as to shift the eccentric shaft of the impression roll L, in a manner to raise said rollabove'the printing position; all as "fully described in the application of Walter Wright above referred to. Moreover, the adjusting devices for track 43, including the application (Serial No. 589,405) and are not claimed here. Similarly the finger 45, on the eccentric shaft of signature roller 40 and its track'46, are not claimed herein; these parts operate as described in detail in said ap lication filed by Walter Wright fir connection with the eccentric shaft of the impression roll L, I employ an improved centering device tendlng to maintain the said roll in a position intermediate between the printin and non-printing positions, when not shi ted by the eccentric shaft. Said de .vice as best seen in Fig. 1, consists of finger and their free ends or heads 53, and said heads 53 bear respectively on the sides of the finger 47, and serve to restore said finger to its central position after the eccentric shaft of the roll L has been relieved of the influence of the finger 42, and its track 43. A stop projection 52, between the arms 50 prevents movement of either of said arms 7 past the center or the vertical plane of their pivot 51.

The paper feed, designated generally by the letter M, and illustrated best in Figs. 26 to 29, includes principally a suitable support 60 for holding a stack of sheets 61 to be printed; a feed roll 62 with an actuating device for the said roller, and a second feed roll 63, which coacts with the platen roll L, to which the paper is passed by the first feed roll 62, said principal elements having the necessary actuating and controlling devices and appurtenances as hereinafter explained. The support 60- for the sheets of paper is desirably inclined forwardly and downwardly, and given the form of a tray or open top box having an adjustable false end 64, at the back, the position of the false end 64, being'adjustable forward or back, as by an adjusting screw 65, to fit the box to the exact size of the sheets. The sheets at their forward ends lie over an outlet opening 66, formed in the bottom of the support 60, near the front end, and rest on the perimeter of the feed roller 62, on to which the sheets are pressed by an overlying gravity follower board 67, so that the turning of the roller 62, will take the bottom sheet from the stack as presently explained. The roller 62, is turned backward and forward by a suitable actuating device, which advantageously is in the form of a toothed sector 68, that is actuated by the movement of the carriage E, for which purpose the carriage isformed with suitable trips, shown as outwardly projecting ofiset ends 68, 68*, on the end of one of the rails 41, previously referred to (see Fig. 30). The teeth of the sector 68, mesh with a spur pinion 69, that is loose on the shaft 70, of feed roll 62, and keyed on said shaft are a pair of ratchet wheels 71, 72. A lever arm 73, has fixed relation to the loose pinion 69, and mounts at its free end two reversely disposed pawls 74, 75, which are pivoted at their adjacent ends on the lever arm 73, as at 76, and engage respectively, the ratchet wheels 71, 72. One pawl 75, is provided with a lateral projection, preferably a roller 77, which at times will ride on an arcuate cam 78, through which the shaft 70 passes, the cam being formed on a bracket -79, which is secured on a convenient fixed part of the machine, as for instance the side of the paper support 60; the bracket 79 has a curved slot 80 through which the securing screw 81, of the bracket passes, the arrangement being such that the bracket 79, may be shifted to adjust the cam 78, while maintaining it substantially co-axial with shaft 70, whereby to time properly the lifting of the pawl 75, by its protecting roller 77. It .is understood that the printing is effected during a movement of the carriage outward or away from the paper feed, and with the .feed devices described the operation ofdelivering a sheet of paper to the platen roll L, is as follows: The carriage E upon completing its outward or printing I stroke, strikes by its mentioned trip'projection 68, against a contact roller 68, on the sector 68, and throws said sector forward or to the left, as in Fig. 26. The rocking of the sector 68, to theleft gives a partial turn in the opposite direction-to loose pinion 69, thus carrying the relatively fixed lever arm 73 and the pawls 74, 75 backwardly, or to the right, to the positions shown in Fig. 26. In the last described movement,

the pawl 74 will slip, while the pawl 75 drops from cam 7 8, on which it rode, into engagement with its ratchet wheel 72, thus giving a slight backward turn to the feed roller 62, and thereby causing said roller to pull the forward end 61 of the lowermost sheet 61, backward to the opening 66, of the v,support 60, as shown in Fig. 29. Now, when the carriage E, is nearing its return stroke after printing, the opposite trip stop 68", strikes the contact roller 68, of sector 68, and rocks said sector in the opposite direction, the effect of which reverses the previously described turning of feed roller 62;

thus the sector turns loose pinion 69, to the left, which carries with it the lever arm 73, so that the pawl 74, will engage its ratchet wheel 71, while the pawl will slip and will finally be thrown out of its ratchet engagement by the roller 77, riding on cam 78. The forward movement of pawl 74 turns the feed roll 62 to the left or forwardly, and the r oller pulls the sheet of paper thereon, forwardly from beneath the pile, said sheet falling on a downwardly inclined plate 82, or other suitable guideway, into the angle formed by the second feed roller 63 and the platen L. The feed roll 63, is shown as supported on arms 63", and in practice the arms will be under the influence of a suitable spring as is usual till with similar rolls. The sheet of paper, as the carriage travels forward for printing, \Vlll, by the rotating of platen L, by fric tionalengagement with rails 41*, be drawn The paper is guided around platen roll L,

by fingers 83, (Figs. 1 and 3) which, in the present example, are of compound curve form. v The fingers extend beneath the platen,

curve upwardly approximately concentric with the laten roll, adjacent to is perimeter, and t en curve over in a downward direction as at 83, terminating within the rear edge of the receiving tray M for the printed sheets. In conjunction with the terminal curve 83 of fingers 83, I employ an over hangmgarched guide 84, which forms with the portions-83 a crescent shaped space,-as clearly shown in Fig. 3, through which space the printed sheet is required to pass on its passage to the receiving tray ill The arched guide 84, is desirable to guide the sheet because of the great rapidity with which the sheet is printed and discharged by the described mechanism.

In the present machine, provision is made for arranging a plurality of address forms in a stack, and therefore the coacting mechanism is in some respects specially adapted for stacked forms, but is is to be understood that man of the features of the mechanism for feeding the address forms, carrying them to the printing position, locking and unlocking the forms, and discharging and re-assembling the said forms, are not limited to stacked forms, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to'the stack. 1

In the illustrated machine the address forms G, to be fed to the machine, are stacked inthe normally upright .holder J rockably held by its lugs 86, on a shaft 87, mounted on bearing brackets 88, that rise from a cross rail- 89, on the machine frame A. The front part 91, of the sides 90, of the upright holder J are hinged by vertical pins 92, and to swing said hinged side parts inwardly and outwardly, a handle 93, is secured to one hinge pin92, and the two hinge pins are geared together by toothed sectors 94, that cause both the hinged side members 91 to swing in unison for opening the holder to receive a stacked supply of forms-G, and close on said forms when in place. The hinged members 91 are formed riage above the bottom supportingflanges tor 100, shown in the 96 on which the forms rest, there is formed a discharge outlet 96*, through which the bottom address form G is ejected automatically by means actuated and controlled by the movements of the carriage E. An ejecresent instance as a platen, is fitted for slidmg movement on the cross rail 89 of the frame work, and on a shelf 89 that extends rearwardly from said rail. As one form of means for operating the ejector 100, the same is provided along one side edge with rack teeth 101, and a second slide 102, provided with rack teeth 103, is geared to the rack teeth 101, through the interposed pinion 104, which serves to throw the ejector 1-00 forwardly, as the operating slide 102 is moved backwardly and vice versa, the said operating slide 102 being actuated in one direction by the carriage E, as presently explained and returned by a retractile spring 100, secured to bracket 100".

As seen best in Figs. 18 and 20, the mentioned pinion 104 is held by a vertical screw stud 105 on the shelf extension 89, of rail 89, said stud passing (see Fig. 20) through a plate gib 106, which overlies and holds down the opposed base flanges 107, 108 on the toothed ejector slidev 100, and its op= crating toothed slide 102, said slides being further retained by plate gibs 109, 110, suitably secured on the cross rail 8-9 and its extension 89, to overlie respectively the outer side-edges of said slides.

Before an address form G can be forced from the bottom of the stack in holder J, through the outlet slot 96*, certain locking and centering devices for the form previously printed, must be released, and the said previously mentioned address form must be ejected from its holder or seat 111, (Figs. 4, 6, 30) on carriage E. In the present example of a mechanical embodlment of my invention, I have included two separate instrumentalities for forcing an address form G home on its holder or seat 111, and retaining it after it has been moved onto said seat ll l by the slide 100. Thus, I provide a pair of fingers 112, in the rear of the seat 111, said fingers being carried I by a horizontal rock shaft 113, which shaft carries, also, in fixed relation thereto, a rocker arm 114, whereby as the shaft 113 is rocked by a movement of its said rocker arm 114, the fing rs 112 will be rocked against the form that has moved onto the seat 111, or away from said seat to permit ejectment of the form. The second device for positioning and retaining the address form, consists of a separate horizontally disposed clamp plate 115, mounted on the upper end of vertically movable posts 116,

suitably mounted in the rear end of carriage E, the posts being desirably connected by a cross bar 117, secured as by nuts 118 on the lower reduced ends of said posts. The bar 117 seats spiral springs 119 that surround the posts 116, said springs abutting at their upper ends against the adjacent surface of carriage E, so that the tendency of the springs 119, is to draw the clamp plate 115, downwardly and press the beveled forward edge 115 of said plate against the address form G, on its seat 111, and force said form home against an overhanging member 111 (Fig. 30) at the forward end of seat 111. In order to throw the rocker arm 114 of rock shaft 113, and thereby rock the fingers 112, a trip rail or track 120 is provided on the machine frame near the rear end, and a second trip rail or track 121 (Fig. 3) is similarly provided on the machine frame at a more forward point, so that the said rails will cause the fingers 112 to be timely rocked during the forward and the return movements of the carriage. In a similar manner, trip rails or tracks 122, 123 are provided on the machine frame for raising clamp 115 by lifting the posts 116 against the pressure of springs 119, during the forward and return movements of the carriage, and again at the proper time, permitting the clamp to lower. It will be seen that on rock shaft 113, in addition to arm 114, there is a depending loose arm 114.", which has the oflice of striking arm 114, to throw said arm when the fingers 112 are to be moved away from the address form seat 111, for permitting entrance of an address form G upon the return stroke of carriage E; but the similar rocking of the said fingers 112 to permit, the ejectment of the address form, is caused by the direct rocking movement imparted to the, arm 114 while the auxiliary arm 114 idles, said arm 114 swinging freely, without function, duri p g the forward movement of the carriage. 0 permit fingers 112, in either case, to rock away from seat 111, the clamp plate 115 is first to be raised, and this is done at the return stroke of the carriage E, by the trip rail 122; to this end, as the carriage nears the end of its return stroke and approaches the stack holder J, a roller 125 conveniently located on cross bar 117, contacts with the forward beveled end 122* of trip rail 122, which will lift cross bar 117 and the posts 116 against the tension of springs 119, thereby raising clamp 115; and the roller 125 will remain on its rail 122, while the carriage is in the rearmost position and receives a new addrew form G. After the roller 125 is caught up on its rail 122, the arm 114 will strike the beveled forward end 120 of rail 120 and ride upward on said rail, said arm 114, thus being caused to swing forwardly, in the opposite direction to t e rearward or return travel of the carria E. In the described upward movement of auxiliary arm 114, a lug 114 wearer thereon, will contact with a lateral lug 114, on arm 114, thus, throwingarm 114 upwardly and through shaft 113, the fingers 112 will be rocked rearwardly away from the seat 111, to the inclined position shown in Fig. 3, thereby clearing the way for the previously described ejector plate 100 to i force'the bottom address form G from the the carriage moves forwardly, the auxiliary arm 114 having in the meantime, passed over its trip rail 120 and dropped idly 'to the vertical position. Now when carriage E moves forwardly to print, the retractile spring 100*, will give a rearward movement to ejector plate 100, and permit the fingers 112 to rock forwardly, It will be observed that the trip rail 122 for roller 125 that controls the clamp plate 115, is longer than the companion trip rail 120 that controls the rocking o'f clamp fingers 112, because clamp 115 must rise before the opening movement of fingers 112, but must drop to place only after said fingers 112 have closed on the address form. Thus, in the continued forward movement of carriage E, (the fingers 112 having closed on the address form) the roller 125 will ride off the forward end 122 of rail 122, and permit springs 119 to pull down the beveled clamp plate 115 onto the rear edge of the address form and to a. position behind the now closed fingers 112.

Twill next describe the means by which the clamp is again raised and fingers 112 again rocked forthe release of the address. form after printing; the means for unseatingand ejecting the address form from its seat 111 to a temporary support on a 'shelfprovided for it on the carriage; and the 'means for dislodging said form from the shelf, and for delivering the successively discharged address forms to the receiving tray K, previously referred to.

After the type-surfaced forms have passed the platen L, in the forward stroke of the carriage, the roller 125 that controls clamp 115, strikes the beveled rear end 123 of A trip rail -123".(Fig. 3) and lifts said clamp plate.

In Fig. 3, also, it will be seen that carriage E, as shown in section, is in, the forward position,'and there is shown in said figure, on the trip rail 121, a fra ent of the arm 1-14, in the most forwar position it reaches. Tn taking its trip rail 121,.just after the printing has been done, and clamp 115 has been raised, the arm 114 strikes the rear beveled end 121 of said rail 121, at such an angle that the arm is lifted bysaid beveled end. This upward throw of arm 114 rocks shaft 113 and the fingers 112, rearwardly, away from the form G on seat 111, and thus the address form may move outward, rearwardly. To eject the address form immediately after the outward movement of fingers 112, an ejecting slide 130,

held down'by a gib plate 130 (see Figs.

8, 10 and 32) is brought into action bya trip post 131 on the frame A. From Fig. 22 it will be seen that before the carriage E, moves forwardly with an address form Gr, in position, the ejecting slide 130 lie with its rear endagainst the forward end of the address form, which relation of the form and the ejector slide 130 is sustained until after the platen L has been assed in the forward printing stroke.

and 0 amp plate 115 and clamp fingers 112 which time the forward movement of the carriage. causes the forward end of ejector slide 130 to contact with the upper end of trip .post.131, whereby the further forward movement of slide 130 will be arrested, while the carriage E completes its forward stroke. The continued forward movement of the carriage E, it is evident, will give a relative rearward movement to slide 130 mounted on said carriage, which slide has a rack on its underside that meshes with a vertical pinion 132, (Fig. 10) which in turn meshes with a rack on the upper side of a second slide 133, mounted on said carriage,- which slide finally dislodges the discharged have been moved away from the form, at"

address form from the carriage, as presently will appear. The mentioned rearward movement of the ejector slide 130 forces rearwardly the address form G that ison seat 111, and said form will drop onto the rearward extension or shelf 134, formed on the carriage, and by the time the forward stroke of the carriage has been completed, the forced rearward movement of slide 130 will finally bring the rear end of said slide over the seat 111, so that as the carriage nears the end of the following rearward movement, the oncoming new address form being forced from the stack in holder J, by ejector 100, will press against the opposed end of the ejector 130. As the ejector 130 now recedes before the advance of the address form, a reverse movement is given to slide 133 through the pinion 132, and as the slide 133 is thus moved rearwardly, over the shelf a transfer shelf 135, which projects for;

wardly from a rock-shaft 136 mounted fin dependingbrackets 137 on the extension 89 of the fixed cross rail 89. The means forrocking thel shaft 1367' of shelf 135 upward for receiving the discharged address form to be transferred to the receiver K, is shown in the illustrated example of my invention,

- a bell-crank relation to the said transfer shelf 135. In the interest of clearness I have shown in a separate view (Fig. 3) the trip for throwing the lever 138 to rock the shelf 135. In said figure, a trip bracket 141 is shown on the underside of carriage E, adjacent to the shelf 134; as the carriage nears the end of the return stroke, the bracket 141 strikes the upper free arm of lever 138, and so rocks the lever as to pull forward on connecting rod 139*, which through arm 140 raises the shelf 135. As the carriage again moves forward, and the bracket 141 moves from its rearmost'position and away from lever 138, the weight of shelf 135, and the form thereon will cause the said shelf to drop, and dump the address form in approximately vertical position in the receiving tray K. The front edge of the shelf 135 moves adjacent to a curved guard 142, which prevents the address form from sliding off the shelf until the proper time. The address form drops into the tray K, in front of the head 143*, of a presser bar 143 that is hung on parallel pivoted hangers 144' from the underside of extension 89, of cross rail 89; there is a connecting rod 145 that has one end pivoted to the presser bar 143 and its other end pivoted.on the lower arm of lever 138, adjacent to the point of connection of rod 139*, the arrangement being such as to time the forward movement of the presser bar 143 properly to the reception of an address form by tray K.

Incorrelation with the operations hereinbefore described, I provide a device whereby to print a salutation conforming to the address of a particular address form, and means controlled by the address forms for shifting the salutation device and changing .appropriately the nature of the Salutation.

Moreover, I effect the changing of the salutation advantageously through the medium of operative connections established between movable elements comprised in the mechanism for locking and releasing the address forms and in such manner that the means for shifting the salutation printing device will function only when the Salutation is required to be changed. Thus, referring especially to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, it will be seen that the Salutation-printing device H, is mounted for rocking movement in upright bearing blocks 151, and said device has at least three arms bearing respectively in practice the salutation Dear Sir, Dear' Madam and Gentlemen. The mentioned salutations it will be observed range parallel, or approximately so, with the axis of the device H, and also range parallel, or approximately so, with the direction of travel of the carriage; this arrangement is advantageous in economizing space and contributes to a convenient arrangement of all the forms and their appurtenances. The form of operating means the position of the trip projection being dictated by the extent of turning movement to be imparted to the printing device H, to position the Salutation appropriately to the name on the address form. If an address other than one requiring the Salutation Dear Sir is borne by the address form G, then said form will have its trip projection g or 9 so located that it will strike lug 153, and give the predetermined length of movement to rack 152 to properly turn the print ing device H, to bring up either the salutation Dear Madam or Gentlemen as the case may be. The slide rack 152 meshes with a spur pinion 155, loosely mounted on a shaft 156, and said pinion drives said shaft by frictional engagement with a collar 157, that is pressed by the spiral spring 158 on the said shaft 156. On the shaft 156 is keyed a miter gear 159 in mesh with a miter gear 160 on a jack shaft 161 mounted in the mentioned blocks 151, directly under the printing device H. On an end of the jack shaft 161 and keyed fast is a toothed 10 king disk 162, which is subject to the eng ging action of a stud 163 on a transversely disposed locking pawl 163 that is mounted for rocking movement, as by a screw stud 164, the v said pawl 163 being normally pressed upward to engage the locking disk 162 by a compression sprin 165 that is seated on abracket 166. A bel crank lever 167, fulcrumed ion the carriage at 168, has its horizontal arm 169 bearing on the upper side of the free end of locking pawl 163, and a link 170 connects the depending arm of the bell-crank lever 167, with one of the fingers 112, which, as previously explained, are primarily instrumental in positioning and retaining the address form on seat'111. On

'the jack-shaft 161, furthermore, is keyed a in the turning of the said printing device.

When, therefore, the mentioned finger 112, is rocked, it draws link 170, and so rocks bell-crank lever 167 as to cause the arm 169 

